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100 _aBeal, Gillian
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245 0 _aIsland style :
_btropical dream houses in Indonesia. /
_ctext by Gillian Beal ; photos by Jacob Termansen.
260 _aSingapore :
_bPeriplus,
_cc2002.
300 _b191 p. : col. ill.
_c31 cm.
520 _a permanently open, not peripheral or ancillary to the main activities. Contents: Island dream houses, Island ethnic, Island contemporary, and Island decorating.
520 _a they blend into their environment and use traditional materials. Throughout the archipelago house building has spiritual dimension, and the local people are skilled master craftsmen. Seen in their houses are kudus style, the high-relief open-wood carving that is one of the most technically accomplished in Indonesia. Most of the houses highlight the relationship to the natural environment. Geoffrey Baw, the father of contemporary tropical design said, "In the tropics, an open-to-sky space must be the focus
520 _aFeatures various dream, contemporary, and ethnic houses in Indonesia. Evident in the furnishings is the extensive use of wood, stones, bamboo, brass and nipa leaf. Features houses which have common identity, fused traditions of local architecture and the influence of modernism
650 _aArchitecture
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650 _aInterior decoration
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650 _aInterior decoration
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